...of artillery, the foe being invisible and yet apparently within touching distance,.struck amomentary consternation into our ranks. They halted as if paralyzed....ravine running diagonally across the field, and filled with interlacing vines, brambles and trees, arrested our disorderly advance and afforded cover. For...

...started to retreat Col. Fiske was heard above the din, exclaiming, ' Stand up ! For God's sake, stand up like men ! ' Most of the officers joined in the same commands ; and the universal shout of, ' Forward, forward ! ' again rose. The two legiments wavered but a moment,...